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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

Notice to Mariners No. 26 of 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 9th April, 1908.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Marine Board, Hobart, is published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

ULVERSTONE LEADING-LIGHTS.

Notice is hereby given that, on and after Tuesday night next, the 24th instant, two red leading-lights, in towers painted white, will be exhibited on the west side of the River Leven, as a guide to vessels crossing the bar. The lights, when in line, bear from seaward S. 2 degrees W. (magnetic). The outer light is 15 ft. and the inner light 22 ft. above sea-level.

Chart affected: No. 1079.

J. ADAMS,
Secretary.

Marine Board Office,
Hobart, 21st March, 1908.

Notice to Mariners No. 27 of 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 14th April, 1908.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 19 of the 12th March, 1908, the following further notice, received from the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South Australia, is published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR

(No. 5 of 1908.)

GULF ST. VINCENT.—SEMAPHORE ANCHORAGE.

Wreck of Ship “Norma.”

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 3 of 1908, masters of vessels are informed that the vessel “Argyle” has been removed, and, in lieu thereof, the sunken wreck of the “Norma” is now marked by two green wreck-buoys (with the word “Wreck” conspicuously marked thereon) moored at either end thereof.

These buoys, which are moored close to either end of the wreck, bear from each other east by south and west by north respectively, the distance between them being about 350 ft.

From the eastern end at night a green occulting light is exhibited, and a fixed green light from the western end.

Masters and pilots of vessels should give the buoys and lights a berth of at least half a mile.

This affects Admiralty Charts 1752 and 2389 A and B.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 24th March, 1908.

Notice to Mariners No. 28 of 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 14th April, 1908.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Marine Department, Brisbane, Queensland, is published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

(No. 3 of 1908.)

BEACONS.—TORRES STRAIT.

Notice is hereby given that Sea (C) Reef and Eff (F) Reef beacons, Princess Charlotte Bay, are reported to be down, and the skeleton only of Aye (A) Reef beacon is standing. These beacons will be replaced as soon as practicable.

Chart affected: No. 2922; “Australia Directory,” Vol. ii.

Marine Department,
Brisbane, 31st March, 1908.
JOHN MACKAY,
Portmaster.

Erratum.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 13th April, 1908.

WITH reference to notice defining the river and extended river limits for the Port of Timaru on page 1154 of the New Zealand Gazette No. 28, of the 9th April, 1908, the date of the notice should read “the fourth day of April,” instead of “the sixth day of April,” one thousand nine hundred and eight.

Notice of Half-holiday (for Boys under Eighteen Years of Age and Women) in the Borough of Palmerston under the Factories Act Amendment Act, 1907, Section 15.

WHEREAS a poll of the electors of the Palmerston Borough has been taken on a proposal that the weekly half-holiday provided for by section 33 of “The Factories Act, 1901,” should be allowed in that borough on the same day as the day appointed as the statutory closing-day for shops in that borough: And whereas a majority of the votes given at such poll were in favour of the said proposal:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the provisions of subsection (2) of section 15 of the Factories Act Amendment Act, 1907, I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of Labour, hereby give notice that on and after the 20th day of April, 1908, the half-holiday (for boys under eighteen years of age and women) under “The Factories Act, 1901,” shall be allowed in the Borough of Palmerston on the same day as that appointed from time to time as the statutory closing-day for shops in the said borough, instead of on Saturday.

Dated at Wellington, this 15th day of April, 1908.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

NOTE.—The statutory half-holiday appointed for shops in the Borough of Palmerston is at present Wednesday.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of Tobacconists’ and Hairdressers’ Shops in the Borough of Marton under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the tobacconists’ and hairdressers’ shops in the Borough of Marton, has been forwarded to me, desiring that the hours of closing of all such shops in the Marton Borough shall be—Monday, 11 p.m.; Tuesday, 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 1 p.m.; Thursday, 11 p.m.; Friday, 6 p.m.; Saturday, 11 p.m.: And whereas the Marton Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all tobacconists’ and hairdressers’ shops, both collectively and individually, within the Borough of Marton:

Now, therefore, I, John Andrew Millar, the Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 21 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1904,” and section 5 of “The Shops and Offices Act Amendment Act, 1905,” do hereby direct that from and after the 20th day of April, 1908, all tobacconists’ and hairdressers’ shops in the Borough of Marton shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington, this 15th day of April, 1908.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

New County of Waipawa divided into Ridings, &c.

(L.S.)
PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Counties Act, 1886,” and the Waipawa County Act, 1907, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby divide the new County of Waipawa, as constituted by the said Acts, into seven ridings, to be called the Wakarara Riding, the Hampden Riding, the Waipawa Riding, the Onga Riding, the Ruataniwha Riding, the Clinton Riding, and the Takapau Riding, and declare that the boundaries thereof shall be those set forth in the Schedule hereto. And I do hereby declare that one member shall be elected for each of the aforesaid ridings. And I do further declare that Wednesday, the twenty-seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eight, shall be the day upon which the election of the first Council of the said County of Waipawa shall take place; and that Friday, the fifth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eight, at half past ten o’clock in the forenoon, shall be the time, and the Courthouse, at Waipawa, shall be the place, at which the first meeting of the said Council shall be held.

SCHEDULE.

WAKARARA RIDING.

Bounded towards the north generally by Hawke’s Bay County, from the summit of the Ruahine Range to the northern branch of the Mangamauka Stream at the north-eastern corner of Section No. 56, in Block XI, Wakarara Survey District; thence by the said northern branch and the Mangamauka Stream to the road forming the eastern boundary of Section No. 41, Block XVI, Wakarara Survey District; thence towards the east generally by the road